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The Spanish Earth is a american film of genre War directed by Joris Ivens released in USA on 10 july 1937 with Orson Welles

The Spanish Earth (1937)

The Spanish Earth
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Released in USA 10 july 1937
Length 51minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres War,    Documentary
Rating64% 3.246223.246223.246223.246223.24622

The Spanish Earth is a 1937 propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range of the political left, communists, socialists, anarchists, centrists, and liberalist elements. The film was directed by Joris Ivens, written by John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway, narrated by Orson Welles and re-recorded by Hemingway (with Jean Renoir doing the narration in the French release), with music composed by Marc Blitzstein and arranged by Virgil Thomson.

Synopsis

Joris Ivens tourne ce documentaire entre mars et mai 1937 pour soutenir les républicains espagnols contre l'agression franquiste. Ce film de propagande est financé par une association de soutien à la République espagnole.

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Orson Welles

(Narrator (voice))Jean Renoir

(Narrator (voice))
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